Devier teaches technology education to seventh- through 12-graders in the Woodmore Local School District.

He said he plans to continue in that position.

The head football coaching job has been posted on the Ohio High School Athletic Association website.

The application deadline is March 26.

Woodmore Superintendent Linda Bringman was not available for comment Tuesday.

Devier’s decision to step down comes after the parents of a 16-year-old football player sued Devier, former assistant football coach Todd Bringman and the school district last month in U.S. District Court in Toledo.

Daniel Sprinski Jr. and Amy Sprinski, of Elmore, allege in the lawsuit that their son suffered a concussion during a drill meant to haze and punish players at a September practice.

“Obviously, it’s a stressful situation,” Devier said.

“I just thought it was better for somebody else to start over.”

He declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Devier coached the Wildcats for four years. Last year, the team had its first winning season since 2003.

“It was a good experience,” he said of coaching at Woodmore.

“I think we moved the program forward in a good direction.”

Devier was a finalist for the Fremont Ross High School head football coach job, but Fremont City Schools ultimately hired Craig Yeast, who was wide receivers coach at Tiffin University.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office investigated the practice incident last year after Ottawa County Prosecutor Mark Mulligan, who had a son on the Woodmore football team, recused himself from the investigation.

Investigators from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation — an arm of the attorney general’s office — could not determine whether the boy was hurt during the drill or another part of practice.

The attorney general’s office presented the case to a grand jury in October, and the jurors declined to charge anyone with a crime related to the incident.

Bringman resigned his position as assistant coach Sept. 25 after the district put him on paid leave.